School closure could reduce swine flu transmission by 21 percent
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 06:42
in Health & Medicine
A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases compared opportunities for infection on school days and weekends/holidays, finding that they were reduced when schools are shut.